Reef · Topsail Island, North Carolina
Tom Boyette Reef (AR-362)
A North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries artificial reef (AR-362) in the Southern Onslow Bay region. NC DMF records the site center 114.1° magnetic - 8 nm from New Topsail Inlet Sea Buoy. Deployed material reaches about 300 m from that point. Also on the reef: five train boxcars (1986).
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Quick facts
| Type | Reef |
|---|---|
| Seabed depth | 16.4 m (54 ft) below MLLW |
| Position | 34.2620°N, 77.5075°W |
| From Jolly Roger Pier, Topsail Beach | 19 km (12 mi), bearing 168° SSE |
| Source | NC DMF Artificial Reef Guide |
How to see it
Underwater, so there is nothing to see from the shore. From Jolly Roger Pier, Topsail Beach, 19 km (12 mi) away, CoastFinder draws it below the horizon at its bearing and distance, with its charted depth.
Point your phone at the real thing. The CoastFinder app draws this reef over your live camera view from any beach, pier or boat near Topsail Island, with its distance and depth, and it works with no signal.
Nearby
- AR-366 artificial reefReef · 5.9 m · 9.5 km
- Topsail Reef (AR-360)Reef · 8.8 m · 13 km
- LC-16Shipwreck · 20.1 m · 13 km
- AR-368 artificial reefReef · 5.9 m · 13 km
- Jolly Roger PierPier · 16 km
- Surf City Ocean PierPier · 18 km
Not for navigation. Positions and depths come from public charts and records, with their sources named above; they are for looking, not for piloting a boat.